PopupMenuShowingEventArgs.MenuType Property

Gets the type of the Grid View’s menu to be invoked.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v20.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Grid

Declaration

C#

public GridMenuType MenuType { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property MenuType As GridMenuType

Property Value

Type	Description
GridMenuType	A GridMenuType enumeration value that specifies the type of the Grid View’s menu to be invoked.

Available values:

Name	Description
User	Custom context menu.
Summary	Context menu for a summary footer.
Column	Context menu for a column header.
Group	Context menu for the group panel.
Row	Context menu for a data row. The data row context menu is empty. Populate the menu with commands in a GridView.PopupMenuShowing event handler.
AutoFilter	Context menu for the auto-filter row.
GroupRow	Context menu for a group row.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-display-multiply-summaries-in-the-same-column-e2217/CS/MyXtraGrid/Form1.cs#L40

{
    if (e.MenuType != DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuType.Summary) return;
    if (e.Menu == null) return;

how-to-add-a-custom-summary-item-to-the-grids-footer-menu-e496/CS/Form1.cs#L49

{
    if (e.MenuType != DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuType.Summary) return;

how-to-add-a-new-item-to-the-grids-popup-menu-e768/CS/Form1.cs#L26

{
    if (e.MenuType != DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuType.Summary)
        return;

how-to-allow-end-users-to-customize-column-captions-in-the-gridview-e1302/CS/Q148401/Form1.cs#L72

private void OnGridViewShowGridMenu(object sender, PopupMenuShowingEventArgs e) {
    if (e.MenuType == GridMenuType.Column) {
        DXMenuItem item = new DXMenuItem("Change caption", new EventHandler(OnDXMenuItemClick));

how-to-allow-an-end-user-to-show-hide-a-grid-view-filter-panel-via-a-grid-view-context-menu-e3685/CS/GridViewFilterOptions.cs#L48

{
    if (e.MenuType == GridMenuType.Column)
        e.Menu.Items.Add(CreateFilterMenuItem(GetCurrentCaptionForMenuItem()));

VB.NET

how-to-display-multiply-summaries-in-the-same-column-e2217/VB/MyXtraGrid/Form1.vb#L40

Private Sub myGridView1_ShowGridMenu(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuEventArgs) Handles myGridView1.ShowGridMenu
    If e.MenuType <> DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuType.Summary Then
        Return

how-to-add-a-custom-summary-item-to-the-grids-footer-menu-e496/VB/Form1.vb#L47

Private Sub gridView1_PopupMenuShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.PopupMenuShowingEventArgs)
    If e.MenuType <> DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuType.Summary Then
        Return

how-to-add-a-new-item-to-the-grids-popup-menu-e768/VB/Form1.vb#L23

Private Sub gridView1_ShowGridMenu(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuEventArgs) Handles gridView1.ShowGridMenu
    If e.MenuType <> DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuType.Summary Then
        Return

how-to-allow-end-users-to-customize-column-captions-in-the-gridview-e1302/VB/Q148401/Form1.vb#L73

Private Sub OnGridViewShowGridMenu(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PopupMenuShowingEventArgs) Handles gridView1.ShowGridMenu
    If e.MenuType = GridMenuType.Column Then
        Dim item As New DXMenuItem("Change caption", New EventHandler(AddressOf OnDXMenuItemClick))

how-to-allow-an-end-user-to-show-hide-a-grid-view-filter-panel-via-a-grid-view-context-menu-e3685/VB/GridViewFilterOptions.vb#L42

If showNewItemsOnlyInColumnPopupMenu_ Then
    If e.MenuType = GridMenuType.Column Then
        e.Menu.Items.Add(CreateFilterMenuItem(GetCurrentCaptionForMenuItem()))